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Pulled the Kart out of storage, got it back in the garage - looking a little dirty and in NEED of a standalone!
So, first step - pull of the old Flyin Miata intake manifold w/ (4) additional injectors.
Then start untangling the Link Piggyback from the OEM harness - SHEESH, poor thing needs a wash and polish!
Next up - injectors. Picked up a set of Seimens DEKA EV1 62lb / 650cc injectors FI114961, high resistance, saturated injectors - which meant needing to replace the injector clips
-EBC signal line - installed a threaded nipple on the intake-side end of the intercooler, just being the IAT sensor.
-Snipped the old IAT sensor, used the GM-style unit from DIYAutotune - also installed this on the intake-side end of the intercooler. Ideally, this would be closer to the throttle plate, but my boost pipe routing is very short and curved - no great place to thread in a sensor. Besides, having the sensor mounted in front of the rad (and away from the engine) will help reduce heat-soak.
Day one of tuning - had some MAJOR help from a semi-local member, I can't thank him enough (he requested to be anonymous) - ran across some issues I had to repair, but overall everything went super well - zero overheating, sorted closed loop idle, fixed a a re-route and valve cover leak - easy fixes.
Tuning and testing pretty much finished up, at least starting, idle, wide-open with boost and without boost. Still have some 'around town' cruising adjustments to make.
Car is out - made it a day before frost is out on the windshields. Had to wear gloves, a jacket and beanie while driving it to work but made it no problem! Took a couple co-workers for a drive and made it home, no issues - it took a LONG time to get here but the thing pulls SO strong - worth it.
Oh yeah.
Had to get that pumpkin spice - barista complimented my 'mo-bile' ... I took it in stride